New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2009 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Cora ss 4 0 3 0
Wright 3b 4 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0
Tatis 1b 4 0 0 0
Church cf 4 0 0 0
Evans lf 4 1 1 0
Santos c 1 0 1 0
Nieve p 2 0 1 1
  Misch p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 3 0 1 2
Victorino cf 5 1 3 1
Utley 2b 3 0 0 0
Howard 1b 4 0 1 0
Werth rf 2 0 0 1
Dobbs lf 4 0 1 0
  Mayberry pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Feliz 3b 4 1 3 0
Bako c 2 2 0 0
Moyer p 1 0 0 0
  Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Madson p 0 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  Coste ph 1 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
New York 000 010 000161
Philadelphia 100 201 00x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Nieve  L(3-2) 5.2 6 4 3 6 3
  Misch   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Stokes   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
6
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  W(7-6) 6.1 5 1 1 1 1
  Durbin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Romero   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Madson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lidge  SV(15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Santos (2).  DP–New York 1. Castillo-Tatis, Philadelphia 1. Utley-Howard.  PB–Bako (1).  2B–Philadelphia Rollins (18,off Nieve).  HBP–Santos (1,by Durbin).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Moyer 2 (4,off Nieve 2).  SF–Werth (4,off Nieve).  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:49.  A–45,141.
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